i have just removed the cooling fan on my cpu in order to clean dust from the heat sink and fan but i stupidly forgot which way on it was.
should it be blowing air on to the heat sink or exhausting air out of the case.
i am sure it should be blowing air on to the heat sink and this is the way i have put it back together.

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By: hy (IP: 205.251.232.*)Written on: 30-12-2005 20:39

wrong

should be taking air out of heat sinc. blowing air in will also exspeediantly fill sinc with dust.

By: Bob (IP: 213.40.67.*)Written on: 24-01-2006 19:01

Have the fan blowing into the heatsink, that way the fan will not suck warm air form the VRMs around the cpu

By: Larry (IP: 213.40.67.*)Written on: 24-01-2006 19:03

...Or if you are talking about the case fan, that should be blowing out of the case. If its attached to the cpu heatsink, it should be blowing into the cpu heatsink